this is the first song on our ep, which is called A Little Sun. it has 5 songs, and we're almost ready to share it, which is pretty exciting.

this is not the album art or anything, these are my cats.

Space Lounge

I think you're storytelling I think your lies are halfway true
I think you need this more than me
I'm slowing down I'm showing what I can and cannot
I'll let you know eventually

just down the road just down the street there are beds that I can sleep in
they're warm, they're there and they are free
I had some friends with better plans I'll see if I can join them
back then they weren't big enough for me

the expectations are you'll see my name it'll mean something
as if there's nothing else to do

I'll have to see it for myself what's in store what's in store
I'll have to see it for myself what's in store what's in store

I pray for money I pray for god to come and write a check
I pray that I don't get too sick
I pray for those I've hurt to forgive or just forget
I pray but my prayers they don't stick

I'll have to see it for myself what's in store what's in store
I'll have to see it for myself what's in store what's in store

come with me
wait to see
I'm a branch on a tree
come and see where it leads

ask again
I don't really think it means anything
while you drift away from me
while you drift away to sleep

come piece together what we didn't see
til it's bigger than you really are
bigger than you ever were
until it's everything

while you drift away from me
while you drift away to sleep

smiling passively I put down my hands
I'm trickling a wall I'm looking over it all
I don't want you to go

while you drift away from me
while you drift away to sleep
while you drift away from me
while you drift away

While You Drift Away

I wish I could give you something like a sword to wield against the darkness
and all the things I do to let you down
and I find trouble on the south side and I'll gladly pay them all the asking prices
hide it somewhere till you come round

but I'm a coward I know better but I can't turn turn it around
and I keep holding on to what I found

oh cause I I I know something you don't wanna live without
and I I I've stayed up collecting it
oh watch me move I can't contain myself
enlightened, purposeful and closing in

she doesn't notice when it's gone so she can do without
but the conversation finds ways of always drying out
she hasn't moved an inch and I won't move a toe
cause I know I know how this one goes one goes 

I wish I could give you something like a sword to wield against the darkness
and all the things I do that let you down
but my lies are coming from a good place and I've tried and tried to find another way
but the worst parts of me keep tumbling out

but there's a pattern she remembers the highs but not the low
this band keeps marching on until it blows

oh I I I found something you don't wanna live without
and I I I've stayed up collecting it
oh watch me move I can't contain myself
enlightened, purposeful and closing in

oh oh I I I found something I don't wanna live without
and I I I've stayed up protecting that
oh watch me move I can't contain myself
enlightened, purposeful and wearing thin 

III (Gravity)

just this time oh let me slip away
I don't want for you to think of me this way
I'll run through all your cities and your stores
I'll find you the thing you're always looking for

I saw you looking at the clock 
I saw you longing to be free
I saw you with some strange ideas
I shouldn't be
I saw you looking at the clock
I saw you longing to be free
I saw you with some strange ideas
you shouldn't be

and after all is said and all is done
you're after something that is already gone
some choirs aren't looking for rewards
their faith is in their music and their words

I saw you looking at the clock 
I saw you longing to be free
I saw you with some strange ideas 
you shouldn't be
I saw you looking at the clock
what else am I supposed to think
show me something something that I 
just can't believe

Looking At The Clock

I'm wide awake now 
now more than ever
I'm wide awake 
as I wait for it
I wait

but hear my voice it's loud and clear
listen to my heart listen to my fear
but I know I know I know 
I should calm down

I'm wide awake now
I know it's hard to believe it from where you stand
with your upturned hands

but it's not hope but it's not fear
I learned one day it's always near
I hope that you are ready when it shows

but when you wake up in the morning it's amazing
a little sun comes up inside you it's amazing

take this I don't need it I've had everything essential here
so take this I don't need it I am full

I'm wide awake now
now more than ever
I'm wide awake
as I wait for it
I wait



I'm Wide Awake

Band from Springfield, IL. 

Rhett Bradley
Greg Knox
Conor O'Brien
Tynan Shevlin
Andy Sweeney

You can find the Band Practice EP's at http://bandpractice.bandcamp.com/ 

Some live videos:

At Cafe Andiamo in Springfield --

Cover of Arcade Fire - Wake Up:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPNokSTqj-c

Your Brothers & Sisters:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRyp3-bt6Gw

Train Ticket in Conor's Backyard:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=recSpJN-6CY

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